Headlight.



sinn erases EDWARD H. VERZNER. OF EVANSVILLE. XNDIANA; SSIGNOB. T0 SCI-IROEVDER HEAD- LGHT CO., INC., OF EVANSV'LLLE, NDTANA, .A CORPORATION 0F INDIANA. I

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.' i, tgt-l.

Appiication inea Aprii i7. i917. serio. no. icageae.

i To all whom 'Zt may concern:

Be it known that l, lloivixiin H'. Vfmzn'nn,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Evansville.l in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana,ha\'e invented a new and Improved Headlight, of which the following is a full, clear, and enact description.

rThis invention relates to headliglits7 and deals morel particularly with an adjustable mountingfor the vlamp whereby the same can be positioned in the focal center of the reflector.

The invention has forv its general objects to improve and simplify the construction and operation'of devicesof this character; so as to be reliable and efficient in use, of; durable and substantial form, and Dso delv signed that the adjustments can be easily, quicklyY and accurately effected.

A more specific object of the invention is the provision of a lamp mounting which is located outside the reflector and includes means whereby the lamp can be adjusted in all directions.

Vfith such objects in View, and othersrvhich Will appear fas the description pro ceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which Will be set forth with particu-- larity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate certain embodiments of the invention and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views,

Figure l is a fragmentary sectional View of a headlight with portions in elevation;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the lamp and mounting with the reflector in section; y

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the headlight; and

Fig. 4 is'a side viewiof modified forni of mounting for adapting an oil headlight to an electric lamp, the reflector being shown in section. y

Referring to Eigy 3 of the drawing, A designates a headlight easing of any deired constructiomin ythe bottom of which is a horizontal `slide orl plate l which has fastened thereto a bracket 2 on which the lamp mounting B is supported. n' `front of the bracket 2 is a refiector 3 having an opening i through which extends @o iamp i The mounting B comprises ya frame 6 lwhich isv fastened by a rivet or other means rear of. the bracket 2 a vertical socket' 9 ='\vhich is snlit to more effectively clamp a vertical stem l0. parts of, the socket being provided withI lugs 11. through which extends a clamping screw 12. Qn the upper end of the stom E() is a horizontal socket i3 through which .passes the tubularv member or stem 14 which carries the socket 15 for the litinp Through the tubular member resilient, and `the lugs 18 at 'opposite sides of the split 19 have a clamping screw whereby the lamp stein 14 can be adjustahlj,T held. By loosening the clamping screw 12 the socket 13. member 14 and lamp 5 can be raised or .lowered or swung to the right'or left in a horizontal plane, which, taken together with the longitudinal adjustment of the member 14, enables the filament of the lamp to be brought into coincidence with the focal 'center of the reiiector.

ln Fig. the rcficctor 3" has an opening Q1 at its bottom that was designed to receive an ordinary oil lamp` but instead of an oil lamp an elect-ric lamp Q2 is substituted and the mounting B is so constructed as to enable the lainp 23 to be adjusted up or down or back or forth in a horizontal plane. The mounting BT comprises a base 23 which is fastened to the slide or plate 24, and rising from the base 23 is a frame 25 which carries la vertical split socket 26. Rotatably and vertically adjustable in this socket is a stern 27 which.A has on its upper end a horizontal socket 28 in which is an arm or stem 29 Which is part of the head 30 that holds the lamp Socket 31. The frame 25 has bindingl posts-32, of Which onlv one is shown, since the other nis disposed behind the one in view. and Wires 33 connect the binding posts with thel lamp. The lamp can be adjusted horizontally back and forth in the focal axis or swungto the right or left on the member 29 as a center, and the lamp can be raised or lowered by adjusting the stein 27 in the socket Q6. It will thus be seen that it is possible to bring the filament of the .14 extend lthe wires 1G andl 17 ivhich con nec-t the.. lamp -in circuit Awith 'a source of current The socket 1 3 is split so as to be I method of operation vio From the foi'egoingfdeeci'iption taken in' connection with the accompanying drawing the advantages of the construction an inthe art to which the and While i have cieoperation, togethei consider te be stood by those skilled invention appertains, scribed the principle of with the device which I new the best embodiment thereof9 desire to have s :tor clamping the first named stem 1n its it. understood' that the device shown is merely illustrative and that Such changes may be made when desire as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having time tie/scribed my invention, claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 'atentz l. The combination ci' a refiectozc having len enlarged opening theeima lamp in the of considei'-,

refiector and having a member abiy less size than the opening of the re- 4iieoteiand extending through the said opening, 1'said member oarying a stern, a spit bean-ing in which the Stem is mounted to turn and siide, said bearing being provided with astern projecting at right angles therefrom7 a Screw for securing the iiist named stem in the bearing, a euppoit adjacent the reieetoz' .and having a split beating in which the second stem is mounted to turn and slide,l

ieeaoee and e screw foi* securing the said Stem in its oearinm c 2. Tae combination of a reiector, having an opening theein, a lamp in the retectoi' and having a. member extending through and freely movable in the opening of the reflector, said member having a -stem disposed paraiiei with the axis, of the retiector, a sleeve in which the stem is eiidabiy and rotatabiy mounted, said sleeve havinga stem projecting at right angies therefrom, means seeve, a support, to one'end of which the reieetor is Secured, the support having at its other end a sleeve in which the stem of the Sleeve is rotatably and elidably mounted, and means; for securing said stem in the sieeve.

3. A amp holder of the' character described, comprising a frame having at one end a ringdike member to which an apertnreo reector is adapted to be secured and, having* at its other end a vertical split socket provided With lugs in which is mounteciL a clamping screw, anni a horizontei epit socket pi'ovided -with lugs and in which is mounted a clamping screwa said socket being adapted to receive the stem oa lamp and having a stem extending at right angles theierom, into the socket of the trame.

EDVRD H. W'ERZNER, 

